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Alcohol Free for Five Years Today

Mere Mortal MD

So on the morning of June 15th, 2020, I made a conscious decision to stop putting alcohol in my body. Exactly five years ago today I decided to stop drinking alcohol. In part, it was because I was very depressed, burned out from my job, and existentially unhappy. But it was also because I had a drinking problem. And I wasn’t okay.

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Disaster preparedness, What we have learned from COVID 19 pandemic [COVID-19]

Annals of Family Medicine

Study design and analysis: Descriptive statistics were used in SPSS to present demographics and responses and Chi-squared tests evaluated relationships between demographics and attitudes. Study Population: Thirty-six residents from UTSW, Parkland, Children's Hospital, and Texas Health Resources were surveyed.

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An Escape Fire for Healthcare

Noreta Family Medicine

The film talks about some of the escape fires of healthcare, including non-opioid pain treatments, nutrition programs, strong doctor-patient relationships, among others. I ended up opening Noreta Family Medicine in 2020, a Direct Primary Care (DPC). Early in the film, family physician Dr. Erin Martin, is featured. minutes long.

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Episode 262: Anti-Racism in Medicine Series – Episode 18 – Remedying Health Inequities Driven by the Carceral System

The Clinical Problem Solvers

[link] CPSolvers: Anti-Racism in Medicine Series Episode 18 – Remedying Health Inequities Driven by the Carceral System Show Notes by Ayana Watkins October 18, 2022 Summary: This episode highlights the history and roots of the carceral system, as well as its far-reaching impacts on the health of women and children today.

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Episode 120: Antiracism in Medicine Series Episode 1 – Racism, Police Violence, and Health

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Her definition centers the idea that Black individuals did not inherit the diseases they disparately suffer from, but they inherited a disadvantaged system that creates the stark health disparities we see today. It impacts the health of our colleagues who constantly have to witness this injustice play on television, often without consequence.

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Episode 322: Antiracism in Medicine – Episode 24 – Leveraging Narrative Medicine to Cultivate Antiracist Praxis

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Episode Learning Objectives After listening to this episode, learners will be able to: Illustrate the relationship between narrative medicine and healing relationships. Now, she teaches undergraduates and graduate students at the intersections of stories, social justice, and health. Stories are not inherently just.

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Episode 223: Anti-Racism in Medicine Series – Episode 14 – Race, Place, and Health: Clinician and Community Perspectives

The Clinical Problem Solvers

They are individuals who interact with environments that affect their health. When interviewing community members in Philadelphia, she shared that longstanding disinvestments in their communities made them feel “unimportant” and “neglected” by society, which had effects on their mental health. Be curious.